Crossing the Bamboo Bridge
Community Topics of Interest
Spirtuality/Shamanism
Facilitator – Dr. Margaret P. Moss
Spirtuality/Shamanism
Dosha! Hello! Welcome to the working group on Spirituality and Shamanism. Western medicine has long separated religion/spirituality and spiritual healers/Shaman from the physical healing that has largely been their practitioners’ sole focus. But even now the West is recognizing what many indigenous and other peoples have known for millennia, that these aspects of life are inextricably intertwined. As an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota- the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation, I have focused my work on American Indian elderly. Nowhere has this spirit/body connection been more apparent to me in my 20 years of nursing.
Please join us in the Bammboo Bridge and share your experiences, views and thoughts on working within a frame of spiritual/mental/emotional/ and physical healing. We look forward to rich discussion and movement in this healing arena that nursing shares with indigenism.
Primary Purpose:
Our purpose is to build a community of nurse scholars and healers who look beyond the physical as their sole focus in healing arts. This community is a place for communicating, connecting, sharing, and celebrating your work with the spirit. Participation in this online working group is free.
Topics of Interest:
Nursing and Spirituality: Science and Art
Indigenism and Spirituality
Dance, Song, and Storytelling
Research: Spirituality and Practice; Healing/Outcomes
Health Policies: Certification? Regulated Use? Reimbursement? Are these Western
conventions compatible?
Healers: Bone Pressers, Medicine Men, Shaman, Lay healers…
Healing Spaces
Legal Issues: Spirit over Physical health can the patient choose?
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Contact Dr. Margaret P. Moss – Margaret@BambooBridge.org